DOSBOX: Strahd's Possession & Stone Prophet (GOG versions)

clockwork42

@quicksilver I did notice that. I wasn't sure if I had to set it for each game, or if there was some general DOSBOX config file I could edit for that.

I'm pretty sure I saw controller configuration options somewhere. It was just kind of difficult to take that route until I had a few games actually boot. Thanks again for everything!

quicksilver

@clockwork42 if there is a setting that you find works best for all your games then make your edit and then use that .conf file as your basis for making any future .conf files

Though you may need to tweak settings on a per game basis because one size fits all approach won't always work. For example Oregon trail emulated CPU cycles needs to be slowed down otherwise game runs too fast.

clockwork42

@quicksilver Will do. I was never much of a PC gamer growing up, so I can't imagine that my DOS library will expand all that much in the coming years. With only three games currently, I definitely don't mind editing individual config files if it comes down to that.

dudleydes

@clockwork42 said in DOSBOX: Strahd's Possession & Stone Prophet (GOG versions):

way to configure DOSBOX games to use controllers rather than joystick/mouse

Is Strahd's Possession a mouse driven game? If so, then it's worth noting that it's not possible to map the mouse to a controller directly in DOSBox. You could try installing lr-dosbox where the mouse should automatically be mapped to your controller.

I use xboxdrv to map the mouse in DOS games. xboxdrv isn't the most user-friendly software but you have no joy with lr-dosbox, then I would be happy to share my configuration.

For other DOS games, it is possible to map keys to buttons and axes on a controller using the in-built DOSBox mapper program. You can find tutorials on its use in the docs: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PC/#tutorials

clockwork42

@dudleydes I'm not sure if it is. I've never played either of the two Ravenloft games, actually. The third game I just got working (in a different thread) was TIE Fighter, which works on mouse or joystick.

I was assuming (perhaps wrongly) that as long as a game had joystick support, I should be able to map that to a controller's analog stick. That seemed to work for TIE Fighter upon being asked for joystick configuration, but I haven't done more than just make sure the game boots properly yet.

Thanks for the DOSBox mapper link. That helps for sure. I'll have to see how these games work with it before I look into xboxdrv. If I decide that's necessary, I'll @ you on this thread. Thanks!

quicksilver

@clockwork42 you are correct if the game originally supported joystick control then your analog stick on your controller will work fine.